Though Benioff's shift mirrors Silicon Valley's broader accommodation of Trump, the exchange offered a rare glimpse of just how far that repositioning can go. The question now: will other Bay Area tech CEOs follow Benioff's lead and call for federal troops in their own backyard?
If any CEOs would do it, it makes sense it would be tech CEOs. Big tech is just as useful in a democracy as it would be to a totalitarian dictatorship, if not even more so. Thats a big difference from things like independent media companies, or major corporations that produce much of anything that isnt beneficial to a totalitarian state. Tech companies have the means to help a dictator control their citizens lives and spy on them, while a big food producer or car manufacturer or whatever does not
Sees other tech CEOs taking a heel turn
Hey, I can be a piece of shit too!
If any CEOs would do it, it makes sense it would be tech CEOs. Big tech is just as useful in a democracy as it would be to a totalitarian dictatorship, if not even more so. Thats a big difference from things like independent media companies, or major corporations that produce much of anything that isnt beneficial to a totalitarian state. Tech companies have the means to help a dictator control their citizens lives and spy on them, while a big food producer or car manufacturer or whatever does not
Why would tech CEOs be any different from other companies?